Aaaargh!

[andrewducker]

Was supposed to be on the 12:30 train to Stirling, but I just spent an hour and a half on the phone to The Police (reporting the phone as missing) and Orange (telling them I'd reported it).  Apparently the police are all a tad busy planning what make of tear gas to use when the G8 rioting starts.

In addition, there are no taxis available to get me to the station for the 1:30 train, so I'll be on the _2:30_ train, getting me to Stirling for 4pm.  Great.

And yes, I should have got on the phone earlier, but I was anticipating the call would take 3 minutes to make - which it did, once I got over the queuing system.  Gah!

Oh well, I can spend the next 20 minutes doing some tidying around the house before I head off for a bus.

Comments

[azalemeth.livejournal.com]

Lol!

Personally, I prefer water cannon to tear gas. Especially if the weather is hot :).


Where did your phone go missing? And will Orange replace it?

[andrewducker]

On the bus. And yes, once I've checked the bus lost property department.

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

I was aiming to be in Stirling for board games too, (and with a bunch of stuff to lend you), but my hayfever has gone completely insane this weekend. I'm not leaving the house today. :(

[andrewducker]

You tried Claritin & Beconase?

[whumpdotcom.livejournal.com]

Well at least you know now where the ordinary crown subject fits in the great scheme of things.

The Rich, as they say, are better than us, and if the rest of us lot are robbed, raped, or run over while the Constabulary makes sure that nary a brick hits a Starbuck's window, then so be it.

[andrewducker]

To be fair, I suspect that the people answering the phones were so busy because 3000 worried pensioners were demanding to know how they were going to deal with the protestor camping in their back garden.

[whumpdotcom.livejournal.com]

azalemeth's suggestion of the garden hose might work.

There were a bunch of black clad anarchists protesting the War in Palo Alto yesterday. The protesters were outnumbered by police, National Guard, shoppers, and various MiB types convinced that vegans from Eugene, Oregon are in league with Emanuel Goldstein Osama Bin Laden